The History of Haiti

Government was taking its first step towards the economic isolation of haiti. The french pressuring the americans to stop trading with the rebel slaves. And so the jefferson administration tried to placate the french by passing a law prohibiting arm sales. By this point also, it seems that alexandre petion and a small group of officers were already putting together a small conspiracy that would eventually overthrow emperor jacques the first. 18 o five turned out to be an insanely critical year in the napoleonic wars,. culminating at the end of the with two battles that would define the nature of the conflict for the next decade.